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Three Chinese women left stranded at a South Korean airport after immigration officials their passport photos did not their faces. The women had just cosmetic surgery to their looks. The surgery had their faces to such an extent that passport control officials in South Korea could not their identity. Photos of the women viral on the Internet. Their faces were swollen from the surgery and were heavily bandaged. The Shanghaiist.com website reported that the women were not to take their return flight back to China, and were instead held for questioning by the airport authorities. It is still unclear if the women have been able to to China.

South Korea has the cosmetic surgery capital of the world. Cosmetic surgery tourism from China is now business. More than 500,000 Chinese residents a year to clinics in South Korea to their faces and bodies. Many of them go to clinics that in making clients look more "Western". Cosmetic surgery is also hugely popular with South Koreans. Around half of women under 30 in the capital Seoul are to have had surgery. Many parents their children to surgery in efforts to a "competitive edge" in the job market. There are even hugely popular prime time TV shows that before and after transformations.